What does misscrew mean?
Misscrew means To screw in incorrectly..
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To screw in incorrectly..
For minutes he stood staring down at the engine, fixing in his mind every misscrewed nut and hammered bolt end, every sloppy connection and speck of rust.
Robert Greenfield per Countess Harcourt, 2 Sept. 1829, 'wilfully impeding the work of one of the mills by misscrewing part of the machinery — 25 lashes' ;
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Misscrew means To screw in incorrectly..
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For minutes he stood staring down at the engine, fixing in his mind every misscrewed nut and hammered bolt end, every sloppy connection and speck of rust.
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